Defence Minister David McGuinty said the recently slain Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had spread his “evil” influence in Iran and elsewhere, but Ottawa is now calling for a diplomatic resolution to hostilities.
McGuinty made the comments to reporters while on a visit to Australia on March 3, after being asked whether Canada believes the death of Khamenei is a positive development. Prime Minister Mark Carney initially backed the U.S. attack on Iran on Feb. 28.
Khamenei and many other Iranian leaders were killed over the weekend, soon after the United States and Israel launched a bombing campaign in Iran.
“The Ayatollah Khomeini has been for many, many decades a very, very powerful force for evil in Iran and in the region,” McGuinty said….